Attach to Form 990 or 990-EZ.
Information about Schedule O (Form 990 or 990-EZ) and its instructions is at| Return Reference | Explanation |
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| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 6 | A dues paying member in good standing owns the right to use the REALTOR designation with related association services and access to the local MLS system if subcribed to. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7a | Annually, a nomination committee consisting of seven realtor members and chaired by the most recently removed past President shall nominate one candidate for each office and one candidate for each of the positions on the Board of Directors. The nominating committee shall send a written slate of nominees to each REALTOR member. If the slate is not petitioned, the slate stands as elected. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7b | The members must approve changes in the bylaws and constitution. Changes to the bylaws must be approved by a majority of the voting membership responding. Changes to the articles of incorporation must be approved by 3% of the voting membership. The bylaws are also submitted to NAR for compliance. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11 | The Form 990 is reviewed by the CEO and CFO before it is filed. The Form 990 is posted online for review by Board Members prior to submission to the IRS. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c | Each year the President of the Board of Directors will send each director and officer a copy of the annual statement of ownership disclosure and conflict of interest. All directors and officers must fully complete the annual statement and return it signed within 30 days. Thereafter the President must submit any disclosed potential or actual conflict of interest to the Board of Directors, which shall take appropriate remedial action. All new directors and officers must complete the annual statement prior to assuming their responsibilities. Any information disclosed in the questionnaire will be considered confidential and will be used only for purposes of enforcing this policy. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15 | The staff compensation is reviewed every 2 years by an outside consultant. The CEO salary is reviewed by Boards Officers and an outside consultant to insure compensation is comparable to the current market. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 | Austin Board of Realtors has developed an inspection policy to define the procedures to be followed in the external inspection of records, the "ABOR Document External Inspection Prodecure" defines the steps to be taken as follows: 1) Member must submit a request with a stated purpose; 2) Member will be invited to ABOR for document inspection; 3) Staff person will be present during document inspection; 4) Member may flag pages he wishes copied which will be provided, at a cost, for the member to be picked up at a later date; 5) The availability of the documents are subject to ABOr document retention policy. |
| Form 990, Part XII, Line 2C | The oversight policy and selection of an independent accountant by the audit committee has not changed since prior year. |
| Schedule R; Part II, Primary Activity | The Austin Board of REALTORS Foundation connects the Strategic Vision of Member Value of association membership to all Central Texas REALTORS through the philanthropic passion to worthy causes related to housing, education, and disaster relief. As a mechanism for real estate professionals to donate their time, talent, and resources to charitable outlets, the Foundation helps impact, sustain, and support the Austin-area community. |
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